Karl looked like I had just slapped him hard across the face. His expression was one of stunned disbelief as the color drained from his face.
"What?" he gasped out on a ragged exhalation. His eyes searched my face desperately as if hoping to find some sign that this was all an elaborate joke.
I gave a grim nod, confirming his worst fears without an ounce of remorse. "You heard me. After you divorced me, I had no plans to actually remarry you like I said."
I felt emotionally drained, wrung out like a dishrag, but I couldn't seem to stop the torrent of anguished words from spilling out.
It was as if months of pent-up frustration and resentment were finally finding release, and I was powerless to stem the flow.
"Please Karl...please just end this marriage," I begged.
His expression sh
